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It's a memoir, not an autobiography

by Joy Virata - November 26, 2022 - 12:00am

I did it. I actually did it. Perhaps thanks to COVID-19, although it’s terrible to be thankful to COVID-19 for anything.

This cat gave me love & comfort while I was quarantined

by Joy Virata - June 7, 2020 - 12:00am

Like Grizabella of Cats fame, she was homeless. For eight years she roamed the back alleys of Serendra Piazza trying to stay away from the cruel eyes of the guards determined to rid the area of stray cats.

What Cesar and I went through: Bacterial pneumonia, mini stroke, negative then positive for COVID-19

by Joy Virata - April 19, 2020 - 12:00am

Sometimes, I’m tempted to say, ‘What more, Lord, what more?’ Why should I complain?He has been good to me. First of all, my husband, 89, survived COVID-19. That is a miracle in itself.

The ERs of New York

by Joy Virata - September 29, 2019 - 12:00am

This is a tune from a Broadway musical. Well, trip my daughter did, but not the “light fantastic.” She tripped over a planter as we were walking on a sidewalk in New York and fractured her elbow.

Family fun in Silang

by Joy Virata - March 24, 2002 - 12:00am

Parents certainly can’t complain that there isn’t anything for children to do in the summer. There must be a hundred workshops for everything under the sun from theater to dance, to art, to writing, to...

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